Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

For books about travel, whether factual or fictional, the perfect antiquarian does exist.

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

This urban park is home to monkeys and a number of endangered plants.

This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.

Kenya’s oldest town is more than 700 years old and home to 6,000 donkeys.

The place of worship for Zoroastrians, Mumbai's Parsi fire temples use fire and ash for purification.

On the roof of the oldest department store in Tainan stands a Shinto shrine dating back to the 1930s.

A small statue of child Jesus given by Magellan in 1521

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."